Bread and Wine (by Shauna Niequist)

About a year ago I read Shauna Niequist’s book ‘Present over Perfect’, and on the whole liked it. The style is gentle, biographical and thoughtful. If a tad repetitive, it makes some good points in a thought-provoking way. So I put a couple more of her books on my wishlist, and was given two, including ‘Bread and Wine’, for Christmas.

The book, which has a Christian focus but can be read by anyone, is divided into four main sections. Each section has several short chapters, with a similar...